Shannon is currently trying out a new sport, figure skating. She says it
is a lot different than gymnastics making it more difficult for her. She also
said she probably won't be at the next Winter Olympics in her new sport, but
Sydney 2000 is not out of the question. Miller was a member of the first ever
Gold Medal Olympic Team in 1996. She also won the gold medal on beam. Her total
Olympic medal count now stands at, two gold, two silver and three bronze. Miller
served as the co-Grand Marshall of the 1997 Rose Bowl parade. She is the most
decorated American gymnast, winning more Olympic and World Championships medals
than any other American gymnast, male or female, in history. She has earned
seven Olympic medals and nine World Championships medals. Miller is the only
American in history to win two consecutive World Championships all-around titles.
Internationally, only three female gymnasts had accomplished this feat prior
to Miller's performance in 1994. Her second place finish at the 1992 Olympics
was the highest all-around finish by an American gymnast at a non-boycotted
Games, and her tally of five medals (2 silver, 3 bronze) was the most medals
won by a USA athlete. She is the 1995 Pan American Games Champion. She is a
three-time Sullivan Award nominee (1993, 1994 and 1995), an award honoring the
top amateur athlete in the USA. Miller won the 1994 Dial Award, America's most
coveted award for high school seniors, and at the USA Gymnastics Congress, she
was named 1994 Athlete of the Year. Miller was the 1994 inaugural recipient
of the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award. Also in 1994, Miller was named a
Team Xerox Olympian. She was presented the Master of Sport Award, one of the
highest honors one can receive in the sport, in September 1993 at the USA Gymnastics
Congress. She was named the USOC SportsWoman of the Month for March and April
1993 and April 1994. Miller was one of four finalists for the Zaharias Award
in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Shannon is the most decorated American gymnast,
male or female, in history, having won more Olympic and World Championship Medals
than any other American gymnast. She has earned 7 Olympic medals and 9 World
Championship medals since her elite international debut in 1990. Miller is the
only American in history to win two consecutive World Championships all-around
titles. Her second place finish at the 1992 Olympics is the highest all-around
finish by an American gymnast in a non-boycotted Games, and her tally of five
medals (2 silver, 3 bronze) is the most medals won by a US athlete in the 1992
Games.
During her career, Shannon has won an astounding 58 international and 49 national
medals – more than half having been gold – culminating with two gold medals
at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. As a member of the "Magnificent Seven",
she won Team Gold at the ’96 Games, and, for the first time for any American
gymnast, gold on the balance beam.
In addition to her studies, Shannon continues to work with a variety of charities
including Special Olympics, Children’s Miracle Network, Muscular Dystrophy,
Alzheimer’s disease, Drug Free Youth, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Pediatric
Aids Foundation.
She is a three-time Sullivan Award nominee (1993, 1994 and 1995), an award honoring
the top amateur athlete in the USA. Miller won the 1994 Dial Award, America's
most coveted award for high school seniors, and at the USA Gymnastics Congress,
she was named the 1994 Athlete of the Year. Miller was the inaugural recipient
of the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award in 1994. Also in 1994, Miller was
named a Team Xerox Top 100 Olympian of all-time. She was presented the Master
of Sport Award, one of the highest honors one can receive in the sport, in September
1993 at the USA Gymnastics Congress. She was named the USOC SportsWoman of the
Month for March and April 1993 and April 1994. Miller was one of four finalists
for the Zaharias Award in 1992, 1993 and 1994.
In June of 1999, Shannon wed fellow Oklahoma native, Chris Phillips, now an
Ophthalmology resident at the University of Texas in Houston. Following her
role as an analyst for MSNBC’s coverage of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Shannon
headlined the 35 city TJ Maxx Tour of World Gymnastics Champions and more recently,
competed in the Reese’s Cup, televised on NBC in December 2001.
After officially retiring in December of 2001, Shannon is completing her last
year of undergraduate education in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. After graduation,
she will attend the Boston College School of Law. Shannon remains involved with
the sport of gymnastics and continues to conduct balance beam clinics for
young gymnasts across the country.